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MEDIA ADVISORY: Union rally for safety and security so autism support workers can deliver quality services


RICHMOND HILL, ON, Nov. 27, 2022 /CNW/ - As the ongoing labour dispute at Kerry's Place enters week two, frontline staff, families and union allies will rally for safety and security so autism support workers can deliver quality services. At issue are staff who are without a single paid sick day, forcing workers like Developmental Service Workers (DSWs) to choose between losing wages or risk bringing the flu or covid into the home. Further, management continue to schedule DSWs for long 13-hour shifts. This burn-out has contributed to unsafe working conditions that expose individuals to errors and avoidable injuries. All of this is compounded by continuity of care concerns as a result of retention challenges following years of below-inflation wage restraint.

WHAT:

SEIU Healthcare, the union representing 128 DSWs at Kerry's Place, will rally for safety
and security so autism support worker can deliver quality services.



WHO:

Frontline Workers
Lise Lareau, Co-Chair Family Council
Patty Coates, President, Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)
Tyler Downey, Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU Healthcare
Andria Babbington, President, Toronto & York Region Labour Council
Hendrik Bruyn, United Steel Workers
Abdi Hagi Yusuf, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Kingsley Kwok, OPSEU



WHEN:

Monday, November 28, 2022



TIME:

11:00am ? Arrival
12:00pm ? Speakers



WHERE:

Kerry's Place Head Office
17345 Leslie St Newmarket, ON, L3Y 0A4
Meeting on the south-east corner of the building (on Leslie St.)

 

SOURCE SEIU Healthcare


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